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22 Cards in this Set
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what are the hormones that are produced by the anterior pituitary gland?
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PFL, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, HGH
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what hormones are stored by the posterior pituitary gland?
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OT and ADH
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what hormones are produced by the thyroid glands? specifically the follicular cells of the thyroid glands?
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T3-T4
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what hormone is produced by the thyroid gland? specifically the parafollicular cells?
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CT, calcitonin
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What is produced by the parathyroid gland?
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PTH
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what hormones are produced in the adrenal cortext?
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aldosterone and cortisol
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HGH hormones have two actions, what are they?
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protein anabolism/synthesis and lipolysis (breaking down of triglycerides into fatty acids to ATP
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What are the disorders for HGH?
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hyposecretion: dwarfism, kids
hypersecretion: giantism, kids, acromegaly, adults |
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what is the action of the tsh hormone?
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stimulate the synthesis/secretion of t3/t4 hormones
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what is the disorder for tsh
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t3/t4 disorders or hyposecretion: cretinism, myxedema
hypersecretion: grave's disease, adults |
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what action does acth have on cortisol?
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it stimulates the synthesis/secretion of cortisol
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what are the disorders of cortisol?
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cortisol inhibits inflammation
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what hormone is a major metabolic hormone, stimulates bmr, and stimulates protein synthesis?
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t3/t4
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what are the disorders for t3/t4?
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hypo? cretinism
hyper? graves disease |
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calcitonin does what to osteoclasts"
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calcitonin inhibits the action of osteoclasts which decreases the blood ca level
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what does pth do to osteoclasts?
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pth stimulates the activity of osteoclasts thus increasing the blood Calcium levels and takes it out of bone into the blood stream
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what are the diseases of cortisol?
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hypersecretion? cushing's syndrome
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thymosin is produced by what organ?
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thymus gland
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EPI is produced by what organ?
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adrenal medulla
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NE is produced by what organ?
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adrenal medulla
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what does thymosin do? what is the action of this?
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stimulate maturation of t-cells
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insulin is produced by what?
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pancreas, beta=islets
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